St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-11-19
AN IMPROMPTU PRESIDENT.
A MIssIssIPIAN ASSUMES The HIGHEST
POSITION IN THE NATION.
New Afississippien.1

New Mississippien.1
A train closely followed the Presi-
dent from Chattanooga to Atlanta,
aud was frequently taken for that
ii the Presidential party. Finally
the boys ON the train INDUCED the
joke by taking out Ell. Watkins. of
Meridian, when the President was
called for ut q little country station,
aud introduced him as President
Cleveland.
Wild aud mad were the cheers
that went up from AgricOla's thou.
sand throats, aud the blood conrsed
wildly with excitement through the
VEINS Of the heaving. thrObbi,:g
crowd. aud the great blue welkim
tinglel with the cries. IA speech n
speech y
1t WAS a great moment, and Ed.
was equal to tot course he was
lie Is equal t. anything. from ri.;in.
All Anarchistic and reLellious mus-
tang up to being President.
He looks about ~ little like Mr..
Cleveland ms Queen Victoris looks
like the ghost Of Jumbo. but that 10
Mr.. Cleveland's fault. not Eds.
And in demeanOr he Was every inch
n thOrOus hbred President
He c.'N' .h.j forth tis hand and
said. in voice thrilling with emo
ton: BEST beloved lYeIls of b ur-
rah for best beloved I! Of all ms
constr a - III. ~ ,..iS 4 hurrmi,
ior c''.i tebt>. huIsan Epr con
'tlt'ie",s II mas been the great
"'m ri IA! ME. Hnrrah Tor life.
n"tr"h ior life 10 -es the goober-
-aiess of this great aud beautiful
city. ielis. hurrah for city. bur-
.ah for c,ty!l
Il love my constituents, all the
noble ha!lot-slingsrs who had the
good taste aud tue wisdom to make
NE their Chief Executive, Ihurr.h
Tor Executive. hnrr~h for Execu
i've. but there is no city, from the
\Iin"rn s.s-. tore tns Aurora
I" IL = .'As a cpol ,-rOr, Wave.
AIS c'laeon uiuheIs IN the frozen
-kIes, To the blossom mantled land
where the biliO~e beat upon the
hower-fringesi shores forever, and
the deep music of the waters aud
the perfume Ut blossoms is waited
together eiernally up to God. there
- ~ city whose people 1 love half
- we'll rs the people IT "f-what's
'Ie name 81 tins place. anyway p
Yes. rs the people Of GO"Ler Hill.
Hurrah for Go"ber Hill
"My friends. love yOa one and
all. go To Atlanta On this train.
nut | shall bear away from the ylo-
rIons city o. Goobsr Hill memories
So rich snd tender that they will
sv--teu all the remainder Of nv
life. Hurrah for life, bnrrah fo.
Inf aa.l tighten the tolls aud tri-
ais that beset me. aud make my ia.
ture years seem like great blush,
roses. heavy with beauty and Ian
gorous with rich perfume. wild
rebel yells and tOmcat calls. I
"My loved constituents, now that |
/ must leave You. I can scarcely |
say farewell. and / feel 40 il the
very l,ams-strinys Of my soul would |
bust. Mad and tumul,uous sp-
plause aud yeIls
Tonight New York reaches
over the da, K and bloody chasm of
constitutional questions and free
"isgers and slaughte red heroes,
aud says to the grand old State Of
Georgia. how are yon. paraner ?"
Hnrrah foi par.lner! hurrsh for
I'm my humble person the spirit |
o. the great and loyal North shakes
hands with the spirit Of the South.
in the people Ct GoOber Hill To-
night. while the spirits of Webster
and Calhoun. Abraham Lincoln and
Robert Lee smile 'enderly down
upon nv from the blue sky over
head. while song sweeter than
Yankee Doodle or Dix:~-a song
given us by God him .-lf-sw~ll.
up in onr hearts ami s.,oths into
endless slnmber every feeling be-
tween us save that Of frsternal love
and Joy over the eternal brother
hood Of man." Tremendous ap-
l,lanse aud fights for closer posi-
lions to the speaker.
"My friends. I must leave you
now. but when l get through At At
|anta I'm coming back. am GO
ing 10 STAY with yOn Ms much xs
possible until my term IT Office ex-
pires. aud then I'm going IT, corue
here and hiring INV folks and live.
ant r.,se - anil. il lean" Y.Ils
from ,ns n u AMI c,tcalIs from the
small boys
Here the train started. and Ed,
with his right coat sleeve torn Cd
% his shoulder. aud his arm almost
broken by the crowd madly en-
ieav"rin9 To shake hands with hin.
weat back into the car. aud said
hat il somebody would lend him n
,oat. he would play the leading
part again At the nsxt station.